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Abstract
After fixation and treatment with uranyl acetate solutions, the refractive index (n D) of the cytoplasm ofCorynebacterium bovis varies with substrate-dependent growth rate and RNA content. The effect, which presumably is due to quantitative binding of uranyl ions by RNA, permits a measurement of the growth rate of single cells in a single-species system by interference microscopy. Temperature-induced changes in growth rate are not reflected in changes ofn D or RNA content.Entities:
Year: 1974 PMID: 24241023 DOI: 10.1007/BF02512383
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Microb Ecol ISSN: 0095-3628 Impact factor: 4.552